A writing aid including a body portion; a cut-out region formed within the body portion; and a spacer symbol disposed on the body portion adjacent a left most side of the cut-out region. A method of using a writing aid, including positioning the writing aid on an article to write on; writing a first word within a cut-area of the writing aid beginning at the left most side of the cut-out area; moving the writing aid to position a spacer symbol relative to a last letter of the first word; and writing a second word within the cut-area of the writing aid beginning at the left most side of the cut-out area.
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1. A writing aid, comprising: a. a body portion; b. a rectangular cut-out region formed within the body portion, wherein the rectangular cut-out region is defined by an upper edge, an opposing lower edge spaced apart from and parallel to the upper edge, a first side edge, and an opposing second side edge spaced apart from and parallel to the first side edge, the first and second side edges being perpendicular to the upper and lower edges, and wherein the rectangular cut-out region is configured to allow a user to write a plurality of letters therein; c. a spacer symbol disposed on the body portion immediately adjacent a left most side edge of the rectangular cut-out region; and d. an alignment bar disposed on the body portion adjacent a bottom edge of the rectangular cut-out region.
2. The writing aid of claim 1 , wherein the alignment bar is 2⅛ inches in length and 1/16 of an inch wide.
3. The writing aid of claim 1 , wherein the alignment bar is one of opaque and semi-opaque.
4. The writing aid of claim 1 , wherein the body portion is substantially rectangular.
5. The writing aid of claim 1 , wherein the body portion is one of transparent and semitransparent.
6. The writing aid of claim 1 , wherein the spacer symbol is one of opaque and semi-opaque.
7. The writing aid of claim 1 , wherein the body portion is 4 inches in length, 1¼ of an inch wide, and 1/64 of an inch thick.
8. The writing aid of claim 1 , wherein the rectangular cut-out region is 2⅛ inches in length and ⅜ of an inch wide.
9. The writing aid of claim 1 , wherein the spacer symbol is ⅜ of an inch wide.
10. The writing aid of claim 1 , wherein the rectangular cut-out region is centrally located within the body portion.
11. A method of using a writing aid, comprising: a. positioning a writing aid on an article to write on; b. writing a first word within a cut-out region of the writing aid beginning at the left most side of the cut-out region; c. moving the writing aid to position a spacer symbol disposed on the writing aid relative to a last letter of the first word; and d. writing a second word within the cut-out region of the writing aid beginning at the left most side of the cut-out region.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the writing aid comprises: a. a body portion; b. a cut-out region formed within the body portion; and c. a spacer symbol disposed on the body portion adjacent a left most side of the cut-out region.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the writing aid, further comprises an alignment bar disposed on the body portion adjacent a bottom edge of the cut-out region.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein moving the writing aid to position the spacer symbol comprises, positioning the writing aid such that the spacer symbol substantially overlaps the last letter of the first word.
15. The method of claim 11 , wherein moving the writing aid to position the spacer symbol comprises, positioning the writing aid such that the spacer symbol is positioned directly after the last letter of the first word.
16. The method of claim 13 , wherein positioning the writing aid on an article to write on, comprises aligning the alignment bar along a line of the paper to be written on.
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October 19, 2017
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